EXHIBIT 21.1

Published on December 31, 1969




Exhibit 21.1
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SUBSIDIARY LIST (1)
Ball Corporation and Subsidiaries

The following is a list of subsidiaries of Ball Corporation (an Indiana
Corporation) which are included in the financial statements on a consolidated
basis:(2)




State or Country of
Name Incorporation or Organization
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Ball Brothers AG Switzerland
Ball-Canada Holdings Inc. Ontario, Canada
Ball Efratom Elektronik GmbH (3) Federal Republic of Germany
Efratom Holding, Inc. Colorado
Efratom Time and Frequency Products, Inc. (3) Colorado
Ball Foreign Sales Corporation Barbados
Ball Glass Container Corporation Delaware
Ball Metal Container Corporation Indiana
Ball Packaging Products Canada, Inc. Canada
Ball Systems Technology Limited United Kingdom
Ball Technology Licensing Corporation Indiana
Ball Technology Services Corporation California
CCD, Inc. Delaware
Earthwatch, Incorporated Colorado
Heekin Can, Inc. Delaware
Madera Glass Company California
Muncie & Western Railroad Company Indiana


The following is a list of affiliates of Ball Corporation included in the
financial statements on the equity basis of accounting:



Percentage State or Country
Name Ownership(4) of Incorporation
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Ball Packaging Products Holdings, Inc. 50 Ontario, Canada
FTB Packaging Limited 72 Hong Kong
Guangzhou M.C. Packaging, Ltd. 10 Peoples Republic of China
MCP-Ball International Limited 40 Hong Kong
Phoenix Packaging, Inc. 25 Ohio
FTB Tooling and Engineering Limited 72 Hong Kong
Richford Properties Limited 72 Hong Kong
Xian Kunlun FTB Packaging Limited 72 Hong Kong
Zhuhal FTB Packaging Limited 24 Hong Kong
Sanshui Jianlibao FTB Company Limited 25 Hong Kong
Jianlibao FTB Beverage and Can Manufacturer
(Shanghai) Limited 29 Hong Kong


(1) In accordance with Regulation S-K, Item 601(b)(22)(ii), the names of
certain subsidiaries have been omitted from the foregoing lists. The
unnamed subsidiaries, considered in the aggregate as a single subsidiary,
would not constitute a significant subsidiary, as defined in Regulation
S-X, Rule 1-02(v).

(2) Each of the consolidated subsidiaries listed is directly or indirectly
wholly-owned by the Registrant, except Madera Glass Company, in which the
Registrant indirectly owns 51 percent of the voting share capital.

(3) These companies were sold on March 17, 1995.

(4) Represents the Registrant's direct and/or indirect ownership in each of
the subsidiaries' voting share capital.